PMID: 8953467Dec 1, 1996Paper

Estradiol, progesterone, and prolactin regulate maternal nest-building in rabbits

Journal of Neuroendocrinology
G González-MariscalJ S Rosenblatt

Abstract

Maternal nest-building in rabbits, expressed across the last third of pregnancy, consists of: digging a burrow, collecting straw and shaping it into a nest inside the burrow, plucking body hair and lining the straw nest with it. The sequential expression of these activities is correlated with specific changes in the plasma concentration of estradiol, progesterone (P), and prolactin (PRL). To further substantiate the participation of these hormones in the control of maternal nest-building we explored in ovariectomized (ovx) New Zealand white rabbits the capacity of several combinations of such hormones to stimulate digging, straw-carrying, and hair-pulling. Does given estradiol benzoate (EB; 5 micrograms/day from days 3 to 21) plus P (2 or 10 mg/day from days 4 to 16) dug into a substrate from the fourth day of the P treatment until withdrawal of this hormone. The intensity of this effect was greater in the group treated with the high dose of P. Straw-carrying and hair-pulling occurred after P withdrawal in a dose-response way. Food intake, which declines in pregnant females shortly before parturition, decreased to the same extent in both groups of ovx EB-treated does after P withdrawal. A significant increase in PRL plasma leve...Continue Reading

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Apr 16, 2003·Hormones and Behavior·Gabriela González-MariscalJay S Rosenblatt
Sep 6, 2000·Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior·T H BurneC L Gilbert
May 12, 2001·Applied Animal Behaviour Science·J RushenC Farmer
Jul 11, 2002·Animal Reproduction Science·Zeleke Negatu, James I McNitt
Sep 30, 2000·Journal of Neuroendocrinology·G González-MariscalJ S Rosenblatt
Sep 6, 2001·Hormones and Behavior·G González-Mariscal
Aug 31, 2012·Journal of Women's Health·Craig Howard KinsleyKatie Coren Freeman
Jan 13, 2015·Hormones and Behavior·Marcy A KingsburyJames L Goodson
Mar 8, 2011·General and Comparative Endocrinology·Candace D ScarlataJanine L Brown
Apr 27, 2007·The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology·Ignacio Camacho-ArroyoMarco Cerbón
May 11, 2007·Hormones and Behavior·G González-MariscalS D Lukefahr
Dec 23, 2006·Developmental Psychobiology·Gabriela González-Mariscal
Feb 15, 2005·Hormones and Behavior·Gabriela González-MariscalCarlos Beyer
Apr 24, 2013·Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews·Daniel E OlazábalNatalia Uriarte
May 8, 1998·Hormones and Behavior·G González-MariscalJ S Rosenblatt
Apr 24, 2013·Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews·Daniel E OlazábalNatalia Uriarte
Nov 5, 2013·Physiology & Behavior·Gabriela González-Mariscal, José Antonio Gallegos
Dec 13, 2016·Integrative and Comparative Biology·Marcy A Kingsbury, Leah C Wilson
Sep 10, 2020·Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI·Ildikó BenedekTamás Molnár
Nov 26, 2015·G3 : Genes - Genomes - Genetics·Surjyendu RayMichelle N Arbeitman
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